application resource

One or more files that make a functional part of an app. Application resources are design time files that are included in version control, and a list of these files shows when you check in or check out an app.

Figure: Check Out App screen

Check Out App screen

Design Time Application Resources

Application resources include these types of design time files. These are the main examples, but others may be included. Application resource files are included in version control. In other words, the version of the file rolls forward or back when you change the version of an app:

Runtime Instances

When you publish and run an app, runtime instances of some of these files are created. The runtime instances are not considered application resources. Common examples include:

Resources That Are Not Strictly Design Time or Runtime

Some files are handled differently in terms of version control and the ways they are applied in design time and runtime.

  • Access tokens are collections of credentials that are used to authenticate communication directly between AgilePoint NX and an external system. Because it is the AgilePoint NX system that uses these credentials, rather than an app, there is no difference between design time and runtime access tokens. Access tokens are never checked in or published, and they do not use version control. If you change an access token in App Builder or Manage Center, the access token changes immediately everywhere the access token is used. Changes to app level access tokens apply to all versions of an app, including running application instances. Changes to global access tokens apply everywhere they are used in AgilePoint NX. You can not roll back an access token to a previous version.
  • If you create a new version of an application, and change shared JavaScript or CSS at the application level, when you publish the new version, the changed shared JavaScript or CSS files apply to all versions of the application, including all previously published versions, and all application instances.

    This rule does not apply to custom JavaScript and CSS created in an eForm. If you want to use different versions of JavaScript or CSS for different versions of an application, you can configure the scripts in eForms, instead of configuring them at the app level.

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Keywords

application resource, application file, application package